Made homemade hamburgers over the weekend and had 3 more burgers than buns.
They could have been frozen for another day but I also had peppers and soft tomatoes I needed to use up from my Flashfood box, so I decided to make a pasta sauce with it.
I also had about 1/2 an onion and spinach to use.
I did not use all the peppers for this. I used the tops only and julienne cut the rest for veggie snacks with cucumbers, carrots and radishes.
No specific recipe was followed.
I diced up all the veggies and put them all in a pot to cook down. While that happens I chopped up the leftover hamburger meat.
Once tomato and spinach was reduced I tossed in the chopped meat. There was not enough tomato to meat ratio so I added a large can of tomato sauce and dried basil, oregano, salt and pepper. (Spices no measuring just did to my liking.)
I allow to heat and then I let it simmer. While it simmers I start to boil water for pasta and follow package directions.
The family size of ground beef (about 3 lbs) was $16.94CND. It made 11 hamburgers, which 8 burgers covered my family for 2 dinners.
This pasta sauce over pasta will cover my family for 2 more dinners.
by Green-Bus9960
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As mentioned in post I do not have a recipe, it’s just what I had on hand to make so there was no measuring.
But basically I cut up all the vegetables and meat.
Cook vegetables 1st in a pot to reduce than added in meat, a can of tomato sauce and dried spices to you liking. Heat through then simmer.
Make any pasta of your choosing and follow the package directions. Serve sauce over cooked pasta.
Looks great.
More tips like this to not waste food please!